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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Too many calories, not enough time to eat them

Yesterday I posted about increasing my calories per day so I wasn't losing too much per week- thus protecting my metabolism from thinking it needs to go into starvation mode.

But last night I found myself with loads of calories left after eating well all day. I was trying to think of what I could eat to use those calories. I had raw broccoli with a little cream cheese. I made the cake bites for Bun's birthday party and had a little of that. I had Cheetos. I had pizza. And I was like,

This is NOT the way to do it! If I have to eat junk food just to get enough calories according to what I thought logically would work, I'm not going to lose weight.

So, I've decided 2700 is too much. And yes, that does include my 500 calories for nursing Peach. But a base of 2200 is still too much.

Then while showering this morning I just kept thinking,

I didn't need to jump a whole 500 calories a day. I'm just going to increase it 100 calories today and reevaluate after a day or two.

1 comment:

Hey Nikki! Great job on losing 12 lbs already. I thought I would quickly pass some info along. I have been following a website called http://www.momsintofitness.com. It is a great resource for moms trying to stay fit and be healthy. I haven't used the website that you're using currently, but I highly recommend Lindsay Brin, the creator of Moms Into Fitness. You should check it out!